Mail-bag-delivering device.



I E. QUITTENBAUM.

MAIL BAG DELIVERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25. 1915.

1,179,215. 1116111611 Apr. 11,1916.

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fihzasilzzttezzbaum THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0, WASHINGTON, D. c.

ERNEST QUITTENBAUM, OF QUARTZ, MONTANA.

MAIL-BAG-DELIVERING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

Application filed June 25, 1915. Serial No. 36,333.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus ofthis character wherein a mail bag can be successfully delivered to apassing train from a station, the delivery being automatically effectedwithout requiring the stopping of the train or a reduction in the speedof travel thereof.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus of thischaracter which is positive in operation and is conveniently set withdespatch for the. delivery of the mail bag from a station to a train.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus ofthis character wherein on the passing of a train at a station itautomatically operates the delivering device, which when set in actionthrows the mail bag therefrom into the car for its delivery thereto, andthereby obviating the use of a mail bag catcher upon the car.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a device ofthis character which is extremely simple in construction, reliable andeflicient in operation, strong, durable, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a station mail bagdelivering device constructed in accordance with the invention showingthe same in position relative to the track and set for the delivering ofa mail bag to a passing train. Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing by fulllines the position of the device in Fig. 1, and by dotted lines theposition when the bag is delivered to the train. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an edge elevation. Fig. 5 is aview similar t Fig. 1,

showing the device released. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6of Fig. 5.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A deslgnates a portion of a railwaytrack, at one side of which is located the mail bag deliveringdevice forthe delivery of a mail bag from a station to a passing train whentraveling over the track. This mail bag delivering device comprises apair of spaced parallel vertically disposed uprights or posts 8supporting at their upper ends a board or plate 9 constituting the heador crown piece serving as the stand for the delivery device, theuprights or posts 8 being anchored within the groundat one side of therailway track A, or the same may be fastened to a platform at thestation. Fixed to the crown or head piece 9 are spaced vertimedially ofthe said crown or head piece and have journaled therein a rotary shaft11 to which are connected or fixed the parallel arms 12 of a swingingframe supporting a mail bag receptacle 13 which is fixed to the free endof the said frame and in which is adapted to be placed the mail bag tobe delivered to the train.

Surrounding the shaft 11 is a coiled tension spring 14, one end of whichis engaged with one of the arms 12 of the frame, while its opposite endhas its bearing on or is fixed to the crown or head piece 9 so as toexert a tension upon the frame for the cally arrangedbearings 10 whichare located swinging of the same from one side of the shaft to theother.

The frame is formed with a cross bar 15 which unites the arms 12 thereofat an intermediate point of the frame, and this cross bar 15 is adaptedto be engaged with the hook end 16 of a trip arm 17 which is pivoted at18 in the head or crown piece 9 and is adapted to protrude toward thetrack A so as to be struck by a suitable tripping device upon a movingtrain for releasing the frame so that it will swing from left to rightunder the tension of the spring'lt for the throwing of the mail bag fromthe receptacle 13 thereon into a car of the train.

At the right hand side of the head or crown piece and mounted thereon inthe path of the swinging movement-of the arms 12 are impact or buffersprings 19 so that when the arms 12 strike the said springs 19 a suddenjar will be imparted to the frame for the discharge of the mail bag fromthe receptacle 13 in the direction of the train to be caught by the mailcar, as the bag will be thrown through the doorway into the same fromthe delivery device at the station.

The swinging frame is swung from right to left for the engagement of thecross bar 15 therein with the hook end 16 of the trip lever 17, and inthis position the frame is under severe tension of the spring 14: sothat when the frame is released it will be swung with great velocityfrom left to right and the shock of the impact thereof against thesprings 19 will discharge the mail bag from the receptacle 13 in thedirection of the track so that the bag will be tossed into the mail carwhen the train passes the station for the automatic delivery of the mailbag from the station to the train.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and manner of operation ofthedevice will be clearly understood, and therefore a more extendedexplanation has been omitted.

lVhat is claimed is 1. A mail bag delivering device comprising a standhaving a crown piece, a pair of spaced horizontally disposed armsswingingly pivoted to the crown piece, a cross bar connecting the arms,means for supporting a mail bag by the said arms, means for lockingengagement with the cross bar and adapted to be automatically tripped bya passing train for the release of the arms, means for exerting atension upon the arms when released, and means for imparting a shock tothe arms for the throwing of the mail bags from the mail bag supportingmeans in the direction of the train.

2. A mail bag delivering device comprising a stand having a crown piece,a pair of spaced horizontally disposed arms sWingingly pivoted to thecrown piece, a cross bar connecting the arms, a rectangular open frontreceptacle for supporting a mail bag at the outer ends of said arms,means in advance of the pivot of said arms for lociing engagement withthe cross bar and adapted to be automatically tripped by a passing trainfor the release of the arms, means for exerting a tension upon the armswhen released and means in rear of the pivot of said arms for impartinga shock to the arms for the throwing of the mail bags from'thereceptacle in the direction of the train.

3. A mail bag delivering device comprising a stand having a crown piece,a pair of spaced horizontally disposed arms swingingly pivoted to thecrown piece, a cross bar rigidly connecting the arms together, arectangular open front receptacle for supporting a mail bag at the outerends of said arms, a hook lever in advance of the pivot of said arms forlocking engagement with the cross bar and adapted to be automaticallytripped by a passing train for releasing the arms, a coil spring forexerting a tension upon the arms when released, and resilient springssupported by said crown piece in the rear of the pivot of said arms forimparting a shock to the arms for throwing the mail bags through theopen space of said receptacle in the direction of the train.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST QUITTENBAUM.

l/Vitnesses JANUs CLARK, WM. BACHAND.

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